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North Korea warns it won't negotiate nukes if US is hostile

Published:Thursday | August 17, 2017 | 12:00 AM

North Korea warned the United States that it will never put its nuclear weapons programme on the negotiating table as long as the Trump administration keeps up its "hostile policy and nuclear threat"....

At least 13 dead, 50 hurt after attacker drives van into Barcelona crowd

Published:Thursday | August 17, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BARCELONA, Spain (AP): A white van jumped up onto a sidewalk and sped down a pedestrian zone Thursday in Barcelona's historic Las Ramblas district, swerving from side to side as it plowed into tourists and residents. Police said 13 people were...

'Red alert' over Zimbabwe first lady, accused of assaulting model in Johannesburg

Published:Thursday | August 17, 2017 | 12:00 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP): Lawyers for the young model who claims Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe assaulted her in a Johannesburg hotel said Thursday that her family has been approached with an offer of money to drop the allegation. South African...

French President backs anti-racism movement in US

Published:Thursday | August 17, 2017 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP): French President Emmanuel Macron is offering his support to anti-racism protesters in what he described a collective, historic battle against intolerance. Macron, in his first public comments about the weekend's deadly white...

Parliament repeals 'Marry the rapist' law

Published:Wednesday | August 16, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BEIRUT (AP):Lebanon's parliament yesterday abolished a law that allowed rapists to avoid prison by marrying their victims.The repeal of the law, which had been in place since the 1940s, follows years of campaigning by women's rights advocates....

Obama's Charlottesville tweet is now the most-liked tweet ever

Published:Wednesday | August 16, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Virginia, United States (AP):He may not be the president anymore, but Barack Obama is still influential enough to break the Internet.The tweet Obama wrote in response to Saturday's white...

Confederate monuments removed overnight in Baltimore

Published:Wednesday | August 16, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BALTIMORE (AP):Confederate monuments in Baltimore were quietly removed and hauled away on trucks in darkness early Wednesday, days after a violent white nationalist rally in Virginia that was sparked by plans...

Woman accused of molesting 2 kids, selling videos online

Published:Wednesday | August 16, 2017 | 12:00 AM

PHOENIX (AP):A 28-year-old Arizona woman is accused of molesting two young children and selling videos of the acts on the Internet.Keri Harwood of New River was arrested on Sunday on suspicion...

US military leaders speak out against racism and extremism

Published:Wednesday | August 16, 2017 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): Leaders of the four major US military services have spoken out against racism and extremism after last weekend's violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Their comments on Twitter and in longer written statements made no...

12 killed when huge tree crashes down on Portuguese festival

Published:Tuesday | August 15, 2017 | 12:00 AM

LISBON(AP):A huge tree crashed down on a popular religious festival on the Portuguese island of Madeira yesterday, killing 12 people and injuring 52 others, officials said.The tree fell while a large...

UN removes last container holding Colombia rebel arms

Published:Tuesday | August 15, 2017 | 12:00 AM

FONSECA (AP):The last of more than 8,000 guns once carried by the guerrillas of Colombia's largest rebel army have been removed from 26 demobilisation sites around the South American nation.United Nations...

More than 300 dead, 600 missing in Sierra Leone mudslides

Published:Tuesday | August 15, 2017 | 12:00 AM

FREETOWN (AP):Fatmata Kamara had just stepped outside her house before dawn on Monday when she saw the muddy hillside collapsing above her. The only thing she could do was run.She was one of the survivors, those who managed to escape the surging...

At least 200 dead in Sierra Leone mudslides and flooding

Published:Monday | August 14, 2017 | 12:00 AM

FREETOWN (AP):Mudslides and torrential flooding killed at least 250 people in and around Sierra Leone's capital early yesterday following heavy rains, with many victims trapped in homes buried...

Rabbi charged with sex assault makes first court appearance

Published:Monday | August 14, 2017 | 12:00 AM

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP):A Connecticut rabbi accused of repeatedly raping and molesting a teenage boy who was awarded $15 million in a civil lawsuit appeared yesterday before a judge for the first time since being arrested last month.Rabbi Daniel Greer...

Man arrested in plan to bomb Oklahoma bank

Published:Monday | August 14, 2017 | 2:37 PM

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP):A 23-year-old man who was "out for blood" when he attempted to detonate what he believed was an explosives-laden van outside an Oklahoma bank in a plot similar to the deadly 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building is...

Americans sentenced in Panama for 5 murders

Published:Monday | August 14, 2017 | 3:33 PM

PANAMA CITY (AP):United States citizen William Dathan Holbert was sentenced to 47 years in prison by a court in Panama for robbing and killing five other Americans in a Caribbean tourist destination, authorities said yesterday.Holbert's ex-wife,...